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Register des Buchs der Croniken vnd Geschichten : mit Figure[n] vnd Pildnüssen von Anbegi[n]n der Welt bis auf dise v[n]nsere Zeit

by: Schedel, Hartmann, 1440-1514; Alt, Georg, approximately 1450-1510, translator; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, woodcutter; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, woodcutter; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Schreyer, Sebald, 1446-1520; Kammermeister, Sebastian, -1503

Publication date: 1493

Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Topics: Chronology, Historical, World history

Publisher: [Nuremberg] : durch ... Anthonien Koberger daselbst zu Nürmberg gedruckt, auf Anregu[n]g vnd Begern ... Sebalden Schreyers vnd Sebastia[n]n Kamermaisters ...

Collection: bplscinc; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: German

Item Size: 2.1G

This, the first German edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, details the history of the world through the year of its publication, in 1493, along with a final section describing the anticipated last days. The text of this edition was translated by Georg Alt from the original Latin of Hartmann Schedel and was printed in December of 1493 at the press of Anton Koberger. The Nuremberg chronicle contains over one thousand woodcut illustrations by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Along with detailed maps of major European cities, the woodcuts depict exotic (and often highly embellished) flora and fauna, monsters, mythical tribes and peoples, biblical scenes, and settings from everyday life around the then-known world.

Imprint from colophon

Signatures: [1¹⁰ 2⁶ 3-5⁴ 6-9⁶ 10² 11⁴ 12-14⁶ 15² 16-17⁶ 18-23⁴ 24-27⁶ 28² 29⁶ 30⁴ 31-33⁶ 34² 354 36-50⁶ 51-52⁴ 53-56⁶ 57²]

Imperial folio; table and parts of text in double columns, [3]₂ (i.e. fol. 18) recto: 59 lines plus headline, 327 (340) x 225 mm; types: 165 (headlines and headings), 111 (text); xylographic title page; 1,809 woodcuts from 645 blocks; initial spaces.

Errors in foliation: CLXXVI and CCLV labeled CLXX and CCLVII respectively.

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, cII, 437

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S309

Incunabula short title catalogue, is00309000

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.400a.1 FOLIO: [57]₂ (blank) wanting. Leaf dimensions: 414 x 291 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.400a.1 FOLIO: [1]₁₀ recto: ownership inscription (possibly the Jesuits at Augsburg), BPL embossed stamps, and unidentified oval ink stamp with the initials "R.B." under a crown. Acquired in October, 1857.

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.400a.1 FOLIO bound in modern tawed goatskin paneled and rolled in blind. All text block edges stained red.

Addeddate: 2014-08-18 19:17:39.730347

Associated-names: Alt, Georg, approximately 1450-1510, translator; Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, woodcutter; Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm, -1494, woodcutter; Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513, printer; Schreyer, Sebald, 1446-1520; Kammermeister, Sebastian, -1503